Hat rake



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. R. MANN.

HAY RAKE.

No. 425,618; Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

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w. R. MANN.

v HAY RAKE. No. 425,618. PatentedApl 15, 1890.

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WVILLIAM RQM ANN, OF EARLVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TOJESSIE R. MANN, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,618, dated April15, 1890.

Application filed December 10, 1889. Serial No. 333.207. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: sides of the said arms and the arms of whichBe it known that I, IVILLIAM R. MANN, a are arranged parallel with thesaid arms M citizen of the United States, residing at Earlwhen the rakeis lowered. In the rear corville, in the county of La Salle and State ofners of these U-shaped brackets I journal the Illinois, have inventednew and useful Imreel-shaft N, one end of which projects beprovements inHay-Rakes; and I do hereby yond the brackets M, and is provided with adeclare the following to be a full, clear, and bevel-pinion 0, adaptedto mesh with the exact description of the invention, such as bevelgear-wheel H. A series of circular will enable others skilled in the artto which disks T are secured on the ree1-shaft and the [0 it appertainsto make and use the same. reel is completed by anum ber of spiral rodsMy invention relates to improvements in Q, arranged longitudinally andsecured to the horse hay-rakes, and has for its object the said disks.

provision of a rake in which the hay will be The rake-head is composedof the bars R, raked and delivered at one side in a continusecured toand extending between the ends I 5 ous windrow parallel to the path ofthe rake of the U-shaped brackets, and the rake-teeth by anuninterrupted operation. The inven are secured to the said bars andextend reartion further aims to provide a hay-rake which ward anddownward therefrom around the will be simple in its construction andwill reel in rear of the same, as clearly shown. To possess a maximumdegree of strength. The the rear bar R, I secure a lever S, which is ar-20 invention consists in certain novel features ranged within convenientreach of the driver, hereinafter described and claimed. so that the rakeand the lever can be easily In the annexed drawings, Figure l'is a planraised and lowered when so desired. The View of a horse hay-rakeconstructed in acrear portions of the rake-teeth are circular incordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 side view, so as to passaround the reel, and

25 are side views showing the rake lowered and are arranged parallelwith the line of motion raised, respectively. Fig. 4 is a front view, ofthe machine, so as to properly act on the and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the front hay, while their upper ends are horizontalcarrying-wheels and contiguous parts. and are arranged at right anglesto the rake- Referring to the drawings by letter, A deshead, to whichthey are secured so that they 30 ignates the main frame, consisting ofaxle A will be effectually braced and enabled to and the beams B,secured to the ends of said withstand the strain put upon them. axle andconverging toward their front ends. I11 practice the machine is drawnover the To the said front ends of these beams I confield in the usualmanner and the lever S is nect the tongue 0, to the rear end of which Ilowered so as to bring the rake-teeth into po- 3 5 secure an arched axleD, 011 the ends of which sition to act upon the hay and throw thepinguiding and carrying wheels E are mounted. ion 0 into engagement withthe gear-wheel H,

The driving and carrying wheelF is secured so that the reel will berotated as the machine rigidly to one end of a shaft G, which is isdrawn along. The rake-teeth will take up mounted in suitable hearings onposts F, dethe hay and gather the same into aroll, which 40 pending fromthe axle A, and extends along is acted on by the reel so as to be throwntothe said axle beneath the same and has a ward therearendoftherake,andconsequently bevel gear-wheel I'I secured toits freeend. fed to and beyond the same, so that it will lie To the under sides.of the beams B, in adon the ground in a continuous windrow par= Vanceof the axle,I secure the supporting-bar allel to the line of motion ofthe machine.

45 K, which is arranged at an angle to the me- This action of the reelis greatly facilitated dial longitudinal line of the frame, and is bythe spiral rods, which act on the hay at the provided with the dependingarms L at its forward end of the rake first and gradually ends, asclearly shown. To the lower ends of push the same toward the rear end ofthe rake, the arms L, I' pivot the u shaped brackets M, from which itescapes.

50 the shoulders of which extend to the opposite It will be observedfrom the foregoing description that I have provided a very simple andcompactly-arrangedhorsehay-rake,which will have a light draft and whichwill effectually clear the field and form the hay in a continuouswindrow, so that it may be easily gathered and cooked. The hay isprevented from accumulating on the rake-teeth, and thereby undulystraining, the same, by the use of the reel, which keeps the teeth clearat all times. The rake and reel occupy but very little room and areeasily raised and lowered, so as to be thrown into and out of theiroperatWe position, and the machine is at all times supported in a truehorizontal position by the front and rear carrying-wheels, the frontone, furthermore, permitting the machine to be easilysteered and turned.The peculiarformationofthe teeth shown and described effects aneconomyin the room' or space required fonthem, and at the same time gives themthe most advantageous form for more effectually acting on the haywithout causing their bend in g or breaking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secureby- Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with'the frame, of the 3 supporting-bar securedthereto and having depending arms at its ends, the brackets pivoted tosaid arms, the rake secured to said brackets, the reel mounted in saidbrackets, and mechanism for rotating the reel, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame, of the supporting-bar securedthereto, the swinging brackets carried by said bar, the rake-headsecured to said brackets, the reel journaled in the brackets andprovided with a pinion at one end, the shaft mounted in the frame andsecured to one of the carrying-Wheels, and the gear-wheel on the end ofsaid shaft, adapted to lnesh'with the pinion on the reel, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the rake, of the reel arranged in advance of land adjacent to the teeth of the rake and consisting of'a reelshaft, theseries of circular disks secured on said shaft, and aseries of spiralrods secured to said disk s,- as set forth.

In .testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. MANN; Witnesses:

H. A. CHASE, .TVW. Buss;

